" wrote in
oups.com:

If we're leaking into the
crank oil it isn't raising the level noticeablely...



The old 4-108 Lionheart came with had like 9000 hours on it and little
maintenance. There was a good bit of unburned diesel oil leaking past
the worn-out rings, but it just ran and ran. The current engine was a
pullout from a nice fellow (who may be watching this...(c in Oriental,
NC. I met him on this newsgroup and my captain/owner bought the
engine/transmission from him for $1200, I think. Lionheart's original
transmission is the hydraulic one that can freewheel forever because
Lionheart has a shaft alternator producing 15-20A of charging current at
8-10 knots off her fixed screw. The more recent transmission was not, so
the engine ship switched them. The old engine is in Marietta, GA, in the
captain's garage, last I knew. He was going to rebuild it, but hasn't.

They're great engines. Ours flooded 3 of 4 cylinders with seawater
between Ft Lauderdale and Ponce Inlet to Daytona when it was locked up,
solid. Towed the long way to Daytona Marina up the ditch, Cutter Doc was
hired to fix it and he came that night to pump the Exxon Valdez oil slick
out of the Perkins' bilge. It had tar balls in it! One injector mount
was cracked and 2 injectors were trashed. We changed the oil a "few
times" until pumping it out looked something like oil, then reinstalled
the injectors and she cranked right up. It's been running flawlessly
ever since. The new engine had nicer controls and working guages, too.
We can even read oil pressure and water temperature, now...(c;

Reliable old tractor engine....English like my captain!